Vedic Glossary with B

Brahmacharya – control of sexual energy; state of life of learning and purity

Brahma – form of the Hindu trinity governing creation

Brahman – the Absolute or ultimate reality

Brahmanas – Vedic ritualistic texts

Brahmins – people of spiritual values

Brihaspati – Vedic God of the ritual, the planet Jupiter

Buddha – ninth avatar of Vishnu

Vedic Glossary with C

Chakra – spinning

circleChalitchakra – chart of houses as opposed to the rasi chakra which is the chart of signs

Chamara – A white or light gray fluffy whisk fan made out of a yak tail

Chandala – This is the name of one of the lowest rungs of human society

Chandra – the Moon

Chandrashtama – This is when the Moon transits in the eighth sign from a person’s rising sign and is not considered good at all

Chandrodaya – moonrise

Charadasha – dasha system propounded by Sage Jaimini

Chara – This means movable and is often used in combination with rasi to indicate the movable signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

Chatur – Four.

Chaturdasi – This is the fourteenth tithi or lunar day.

Chaturmas – Literally means the four months of winter. During this period many yogis and devotees practice more strict austerities to help them in their spiritual advancement.

Chaturtamsha – Literally means four parts and refers to the four-part divisional or varga chart. The chaturtamsha chart fills in more information than the fourth house about one’s home, happiness and matters relating to the fourth house.

Chaturthi – This is a combination of the two words chatur and tithi and therefore refers to the fourth lunar day of both the dark and bright halves of the lunar month.

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